View Full Version : Canada deems P2P downloading legal
SM-Bot
13 Dec 2003, 4:30am
On Friday Canadian copyright regulators ruled that downloading off peer-to-peer networks is legal, although apparently uploading files is not. This news adds a new spin to the continuing debate over the right and wrongs of P2P file sharing. So it seems in the great Canadians eyes, it's the sharer that it the wrong doer, not the downloader.
The peer-to-peer component of the decision was prompted by questions from consumer and entertainment groups about ambiguous elements of Canadian law. Previously, most analysts had said uploading was illegal but that downloading for personal use might be allowed.
"As far as computer hard drives are concerned, we say that for the time being, it is still legal," said Claude Majeau, secretary general of the Copyright Board.
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SimGuy
13 Dec 2003, 4:44am
OH Canada! :D
$25.00? PFFT. Pocket change for the ability to legally perform downloads.
:canflag: :thumbsup:
TheSmJ
13 Dec 2003, 6:15am
Well, this means you can DOWNLOAD the file, but you cannot SHARE it.
From what I understand, the RIAA is looking for people SHARING their "material" on Kazaa. They have not, and have no way to know who simply has downloaded the files, and is not sharing them.
Therefore, people in Canada could still get nailed by the RIAA, in the same manner as they are doing it now.
SimGuy
13 Dec 2003, 6:18am
RIAA has no juristiction up here.
They can't "nail" me in any way, shape or form. Their evil grasp stops at the sign that ways "WELCOME TO CANADA. RIAA & REPUBLICANS NOT PERMITTED" ;)
TheSmJ
13 Dec 2003, 7:33am
Canada sucks.
TheBaron
13 Dec 2003, 9:46am
yeah well, i'd be keen for moving there
TheSmJ had this to say
Canada sucks.
? Other than the cold and high taxes, it's a damn fine place to live, thank you very much!
TheBaron
13 Dec 2003, 6:47pm
man i hate texas. its 30 degrees outside and im walking around in a t-shirt thinking its comfortable and people are like omgwtf mate. anyway, i could TOTALLY stand living somewhere colder
SimGuy
13 Dec 2003, 9:08pm
5*C today, sunny, no wind and no snow accumulation.
We might be in for a green christmas this year... which rarely happens in these parts...
Canada Sucks eh? Come on up here. It's not as bad as you may think it is...
Dexter
14 Dec 2003, 10:35am
:celebrate :canflag: :type: :Rocker: :rockon: :D
madmat
14 Dec 2003, 10:49am
I'm running my air conditioning and have been since I moved in here can you say that?
I'll deal with a few days of snow per winter as opposed to a few days of sun per winter thank you.
SimGuy
14 Dec 2003, 10:55am
A/C? What's that. It's 50 below in the winter and 50 above in the summer @ my place...
Enverex
14 Dec 2003, 11:00am
At least you have predicable weather. "Today it will be.... **** knows, whatever it feels like at this exact point in time, probably grey and raining".
I want snow ;[
NS
madmat
14 Dec 2003, 11:03am
LOL...my point exactly...it's close to 35 degrees outside and my A/C is on as I sit here typing this.
No A/C and it would be way too warm here to sleep under any form of covers.
I'll trade P2P file sharing for comfort and driving safety any day of the week, I can get my pr0n from google :D
SimGuy
14 Dec 2003, 11:15am
35*F or *C?
Myself, someone who doesn't wear a jacket outside until it's -15*C outside, can't sleep in 35*F weather without covers.....
Driving in snow is not nearly as bad as driving with Quebecers.. :D
/me ducks from the poutine, Vachon cakes and random french profanity flying in his general direction...
madmat
14 Dec 2003, 11:20am
F. not C. LOL, I think that driving around here's OK as long as Texans aren't around...those guys get downright crazy and I was raised in California.
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